This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 292 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 292 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing A) Colloquialism. B) Synethesia. C) Ambiguity. D) Invective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colloquialism. 2. What is the term for the repetition of a word or phrase in a short section of text? A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Multi-connector. D) Unconnected. E) Healing. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Healing. 3. Which of these would be the best use of ethos to persuade? A) Including graphs and charts. B) Quoting an expert on the subject. C) Telling a joke. D) Telling a sad story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quoting an expert on the subject. 4. Which choice is an example of a rhetorical question? A) Who would not want to help a child in need?. B) Who would like to volunteer to help children in need?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who would not want to help a child in need?. 5. The sky grew pink, seagulls began to cry, and waves rolled onshore as Diane took her morning stroll on the beach. A) Correct. B) Error in structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 6. They aren't unhappy with the presentation A) Personification. B) Litotes. C) Apostrophe. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Litotes. 7. New, and a bit alarming Who'd have ever thought that this could be? True, that he's no Prince Charming But there's something in him that I simply didn't see- "Something There" Beauty and the Beast A) Litotes. B) Irony. C) Sarcasm. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. 8. True or false:A writer is automatically using ethos when they mention an authority figure or organization is mentioned in a text A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. There has been an increase of internet users over the years. This statement is a ..... A) Warrant. B) Claim of fact. C) Claim of value. D) Qualifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim of fact. 10. A reference to something or someone well known in history, literature, or religion A) Parallelism. B) Allusion. C) Diction. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 11. Use of excessive and longer words to convey a meaning which could have been conveyed with a shorter expression or in a few words A) Periphrasis. B) Designation. C) Synecdoche. D) Reception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periphrasis. 12. Questions that do not require an answer and are only asked for effect A) Analogy. B) Personification. C) Appeal to emotion. D) Rhetorical Questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical Questions. 13. Review paragraph 4, what was the author's purpose for using the statistic? A) To display the percentage of working teens in America. B) To compare and contrast the number of Black students who attend 2 and 4 year colleges. C) To highlight the number of teens attending summer school each year. D) To compare the increase in students enrolling in college to the decline in working teens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To display the percentage of working teens in America. 14. Which of the following is NOT a virtue of elocutio? A) Attainment. B) Ornateness. C) Propriety. D) Engagement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attainment. 15. "You should trust me, I'll never lie." A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Strawman. D) False dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 16. The topic + the reason for delivering the argument A) Speaker. B) Purpose. C) Audience. D) Requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. 17. "Inalienable right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ..... " A) Analogy. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 18. Lack of pride; modesty; humbleness A) Neutrality. B) Humility. C) Anguish. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humility. 19. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces. What does this idiom mean? A) Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces. B) Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces. C) Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces. D) Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces. 20. Which of the following is NOT an example of aphorism? A) A penny saved is a penny earned. B) Measure twice, cut once. C) The wind played around with my hair, making it dance around on that summer day. D) Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The wind played around with my hair, making it dance around on that summer day. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books